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Radio Northampton,30 May 2025,11 mins

Watford Gap: More than just a motorway services

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Best known for its stop on the M1, the Watford Gap is a place of national significance on many levels. Even before it was a place to see and be seen and celebs flocked in their droves, the area around those services played an important role in the creation of British life as we known it. Helen Blaby hears how. (Photo credit: Martin Heath/BBC)

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